Well I was born deep in the Mississippi woods
Had an old church piano with some black and white keys
Mama really couldn't play it all that good
But she could bring a sinner down to his knees
Well that was a sermon in itself
Stronger than forty devils marching outta hell
I could see the skirt dancing on the gospel tent
Forty white lightbulbs swaying in the breeze
Come on down off of that fence
You might be lost but you're not out of reach
Heaven
Everybody praying
I can still hear my mama saying
Come back to the way it was
Sweet salvation and brotherly love
Hallelujah spirit shooting through ya
Hallelujah feel it picking you up
Hurry before your flesh
Turns to ashes and dust
Come back to the way it was
Well daddy put the title of his car in my name
So I put everything I had in that trunk
Set out searching for fortune and fame
Certain that I was the next big gun
While I was taking root in a concrete field
They were laying daddy down up on top of that hill
Here I am walking down the street tonight
Feeling the weight of Daddy's wing tipped shoes
Street sweeper he just passed me by
Wish he would've swept away these blues
Church bells drowning silent screams
Mamas voice still rings through to me
Come back to the way it was
Sweet salvation and brotherly love
Hallelujah spirit shooting through ya
Hallelujah feel it picking you up
Hurry before your flesh
Turns to ashes and dust
Come back to the way it was
Oh times change
Yes they do
But that don't mean that they've
Gotta change you
Come back to the way it was
Sweet salvation and brotherly love
Hallelujah spirit shooting through ya
Hallelujah feel it picking you up
Hurry before your flesh
Turns to ashes and dust
Come back
Come back
Yeah, come back to the way it was
C'mon
Come back brother
Come back
Come back brother
Come back
Come back
Come back brother
Come back
Come back brother
Come back